Alex MacLaren figures he'll never find love again after his mate dies. As one of the rare Hell Hound werewolves, his chances are slim to none. And slim went home. When the local Morukai shaman calls on him to protect a lovely Irish werewolf and her young son from demons, he can't help but take the job.
Sarah Flanagan is desperate to save her son Liam from the deadly monster trailing them, but she's out of options and places to hide. She lost her mate the last time she encountered a demon, and with Liam depending on her, the stakes are far higher this time. After meeting Alex, she's not sure about the Hell Hound, but she’s no fool. He’s their best hope for survival... and hers for another chance at love.
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Welcome to In A
Dream Beyond, Siobhan!
Thank you so much for having me, Elyzabeth.
:)
Tell us about your recent release A Hell Hound’s Fire…
A
Hell Hound's Fire is a story about love and redemption for
both Alex MacLaren (the Hell Hound) and Sarah Flanagan, a normal werewolf.
Sarah's on the run from demons hunting her son, and Alex is trying to make it
through the painful anniversary of his first mate's death. Sarah also lost her
mate, so this tale is their second chance at finding love and peace. I wrote this
to be an introduction to my style of storytelling, which I brand as kick-ass
adventure with hot sex for men and women to enjoy. :)
This free read is the introduction to your Cloudburst
Colorado Series; tell us a bit about the series:
The backstory to this series is about the
old Roanoke colony disappearing in the 1600s from the east coast. What happened
to those people? So I decided they'd trekked inland and three families made it to
this little valley in what are now the Rocky Mountains. They got plenty of rain
that first year so they called the town Cloudburst, where storms just show up,
drop their load, and disappear. They turned to the Goddess for help with the
understanding that they would treat all peoples (natives, odd critters, and
special humans) with honor and respect. In return, the Goddess (the main deity
in my world) blesses these three families to have endowed children (no not
sexually, lol) with abilities beyond the normal human. You'll especially see
these kids in the third story, The Cloudburst
Coffee and Spa. Because of these blessed children, it attracts a Morukai (shaman to the Goddess) and all
sorts of other creatures, like a Hell Hound and an incubus. ;)
What was the inspiration for this story?
This story started as a dream and had a black
Pegasus in it. In fact there was a whole herd (flock?) of them being hunted
down by demons. But that didn't seem to make much sense with the other
characters starring in the dream. So I deleted the pegasi and made Alex a
little more special than he'd been originally.
Have you had to do any research for A Hell Hound’s Fire? What was it like?
To be honest, I didn't have to do a lot of
research. This is my world so I make up the rules and can do pretty much
whatever I want. But getting a feel for "jack-of-all-trades" guys
like Alex and the police lieutenant takes reading stories with the suspense
element and watching police drama shows to get a feel for how they come across
really helps. The biggest task I had was to make fantastic creatures appear
plausible and "ordinary" enough for the reader to believe.
What’s your writing process like?
Coffee and quiet. LOL Actually, I get up and
get my kids ready for the day. Then I get three hours to focus on writing and I
have to use every minute because when the kindergartener gets home at noon, all
bets are off in terms of writing. Turning of social media after taking an hour
to promote is important because I really do need quiet. I generally don't
listen to music when I write because I'm listening to the voices in my head
telling me where the story is going.
What are you currently working on and what can we
expect from you in the near future?
At the end of April, my newest novel Not a Dragon's Standard Virgin will be
out from Siren Publishing, and then The
Beltane Witch should be coming out in July-ish. The Beltane Witch takes place in Cloudburst, Colorado, the same
town as A Hell Hound's Fire, my
current release. This is a short story free on Smashwords that
introduces Cloudburst and the series of stories set there. Toward the end of
this year I hope to have another story out entitled Take the Reins¸ which is part of the Gateway Chronicles series I'm
writing with Cara Michaels, and it will be the story I'm highlighting at Hot Mojave Knights Romance Reader Event
in October.
A little
about the author…
Favorite...
Food: Pumpkin bread
Drink: Alcoholic – chocolate
wine. Non-alcoholic – coffee
Color: Burgandy
Animal: Coyote
Day or night? To write?
Morning. For playing and cuddling? Evening.
Sour or sweet? My personality?
LOL okay, okay, sweet tastes.
Summer or winter? Neither. I'm
a huge fan of spring for the flowers and autumn for the cooling temperatures
and falling leaves. One of my favorite smells of all time is
"October". Leaves baking in the sun, cool fresh mornings. *happy
sigh*
Get in touch with Siobhan Muir at:
Siobhan Muir lives in Las Vegas, Nevada, with her husband, two
daughters, and a vegetarian cat she swears is a shape-shifter, though he's
never shifted when she can see him. When not writing, she can be found looking
down a microscope at fossil fox teeth, pursuing her other love, paleontology.
An avid reader of science fiction/fantasy, her husband gave her a paranormal
romance for Christmas one year, and she was hooked for good.
In previous lives, Siobhan has been an actor at the Colorado
Renaissance Festival, a field geologist in the Aleutian Islands, and restored
inter-planetary imagery at the USGS. She’s hiked to the top of Mount St. Helens
and to the bottom of Meteor Crater.
Siobhan writes kick-ass adventure with hot sex for men and women
to enjoy. She believes in happily ever after, redemption, and communication,
all of which you will find in her paranormal romance stories.
Siobhan’s upcoming release, Not
a Dragon’s Standard Virgin, is from Siren Publishing, and she has published
Queen Bitch of the Callowwood Pack
through Siren, and Her Devoted Vampire
through Evernight Publishing.
I love redemption stories. Will have to check this out.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Kacey. I hope you enjoy it. :)
DeleteThank you so much for having me here today, Elyzabeth! :)
ReplyDeleteMy pleasure, Siobhan! :)
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